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Reverence

I speak about respect and how I feel reverence is respect to the nth degree. I felt reverence when I went to my first ever Catholic church and mass. I still get the same feelings on Sundays. I felt reverence when I got my first glance of Wrigley Field, all striped and ready for aContinue reading “Reverence”

Cats

I tend to speak about canines as I own two English Cocker Spaniels. Who am I kidding? They own me. But I love all animals so I will speak about the first cat that I owned. We were living in Tucson, AZ and his name was Spork (named after the multi-functional plastic utensil). I haveContinue reading “Cats”

Peer Pressure

I’ll start off today’s blog with a reading from my book EMOTIONS: Not your Mama’s ABC’s! Today, I include the preface and two short stories. The first story is Winter Trip and reflects the emotion querulous, and the second story, well I have absolutely no earthly idea how it made it into my book. IContinue reading “Peer Pressure”

Lemons

Lemons rock. Why, then, do lemons get a negative connotation in the normal course of a day? For example, when a car is not considered very road-worthy, it is called a lemon. Why not a lime, or better yet, a Key Lime? Why not a pie made with the driest and most sour pomegranate rind,Continue reading “Lemons”

Thoughts on a Sunday

I woke up this morning to the song Old Habits by Hank Williams Jr. bouncing around my noodle. I fired up a bowl and played the song so the day just got better for me. I used to love watching the old CMT videos. I learned many a song from them. Learning and playing C&WContinue reading “Thoughts on a Sunday”

Vacation Day Four

We got up and Karen wanted to get a last hike in before leaving, so a short trip up to Lake Mary before another hearty breakfast (hearty is code for pancakes—a definite “no-no“ for my usual diet). Here are a few pics of our way out of the mountains and as we approach Ventura whereContinue reading “Vacation Day Four”

Vacation Day Three

Got up a couple hours before dawn and it was cold. We headed out early so Karen could get some hiking in, so off to points unknown. The nice thing about vacationing up in the beautiful High Sierra mountains is that there are no wrong turns. Unless you are a total dipshit, you can’t getContinue reading “Vacation Day Three”

Vacation Day Two

We slept, but not very soundly. I very rarely sleep well away from my own bed. So, we get another big vacation breakfast in and head for the lake country. Now, as much as I bitch about price-gouging on the road (4.99/gal for unleaded gas) I will say that the portions almost make up forContinue reading “Vacation Day Two”

Day One of Vacation

We headed out early Tuesday morning at about 7am. I got my boiler stoked with a delicious “vacation” breakfast (i.e. a breakfast containing items I am not allowed to eat on a normal basis). Pancakes. Hash browns. Sausage. So we go up CA Hwy 395 up into the foothills of the Eastern High Sierra mountains.Continue reading “Day One of Vacation”

Ten Minutes

Old people are starting to get to me. What’s with this ten-minutes-to-do-anything rule? I mean “just a sec,’ “hold on,” “wait a minute,” all these expressions are extended to ten minutes by the more mature people. (old buzzards) I don’t get it. But we adjust. I now know to be patient and wait ten minutesContinue reading “Ten Minutes”